Some places to get more statistics and data:
* Federal statistics: www.fedstats.gov, with a terrific search engine.
* Children's statistics: www.childstats.gov, with a not-as-good search engine.
* Census Bureau: www.census.gov, with data for population, poverty, housing, federal spending, etc.
* S.C. statistics: www.ors.state.sc.us/, with data for the state's Statistical Abstract, population, health, links to publications dealing with key stats for children, young adults and the elderly.
* Links used by N.Y. Times reporters.
* Duff's list has a "John Doe" link you can use to learn about people.